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The impact of knowledge management on job satisfaction: a study on Saudi public universities
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Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the existence of a positive impact of knowledge
management on job satisfaction. The study empirically supports the theoretical effect of knowledge
management processes on job satisfaction. The findings among employees of selected universities are
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The objective of this study is to investigate the existence of a positive impact of knowledge
management on job satisfaction. The study empirically supports the theoretical effect of knowledge
management processes on job satisfaction. The findings among employees of selected universities are
generalized to public university sectors of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since universities are obvious to
explore the implementation of knowledge management (KM) in the public sector. The questionnaire, which is
used as a quantitative data collection instrument, collected certain demographic information that possibly has
an influence on this study, and measured knowledge management factors influencing employees' job
satisfaction. The findings of the study depended on the full utilization of statistical data collected and analyzed
using SPSS. A simple random sample of (490) employees was drawn from the population of (27,963)
employees from five public universities. From analysis of correlation between factors, which are knowledge
management processes and job satisfaction, the results of this research found that there is a highly positive
significant relation between job satisfaction and each process of the knowledge management. The majority
statements have significant differences between the respondents due to their different demographic variables
such as old employees, PhD employees, faculty, and employees working at King Saud University and King
Abdulaziz University that are more agreeable than others are. More theoretical and empirical explanations are
needed. This research tries to fill this gap in the literature and make significant contributions of knowledge
management implications such as job satisfaction.... view less
Keywords
statistical analysis; knowledge management; knowledge production; university; Saudi Arabia; job satisfaction
Classification
Information Management, Information Processes, Information Economics
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
12 p.
Status
Published Version; not reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution